Brotherhood of Dosh mutilates mercenary and threatens imperial officer

Date: 230909
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Mos Eisley

Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

Last night saw another display of savage violence from members of the Brotherhood of Dosh, likely related to their struggle to monopolize the slave trade. The Brotherhood's shaman, Scirzzo, lead two of his fellow slavers into Chalmun's. The three approached a mercenary, Dordrius Delare, who was enjoying a drink at the bar, and without warning the shaman struck the man's leg with a heavy hammer.



Dordrius fell down to the floor screaming and all three trandoshans started to crush his legs with massive warhammers, smashing his feet until - as Scirzzo ordered - they were "mere smears of blood on the floor". He finally lost consciousness when his left shoulder was crushed, and the trandoshans spit on him, claiming he was a "follower of the demon Ardanna", whatever that might mean. The slavers then stuffed a piece of parchment into the unconscious man's mouth, presumably a message to this Ardanna, and proceeded to order drinks at the bar to celebrate.

At this point an officer on leave from the First Imperial Marine Expeditionary Force moved to render first aid to the victim, which had been left on the floor, and at once the trandoshans, their bloodlust and cruelty apparently not satisfied, turned on him with threats of violence.

The situation grew tense though stormtrooper backup arrived quickly, at which point the slavers restrained themselves to verbal sneers and anti-imperial slurs while Dordrius was taken to the closest medical center for treatment.



According to the First Imperial Marine Expeditionary Force the incident was a simple case of an officer calling for backup when threatened and that the situation had been under controlled without the use of armed force, but there are also rumors that a flight of two bombers has been sent to Lok on a "surveillance mission".



It remains to be seen whether or not the Brotherhood is planning to not just take on rival slavers but also the Empire itself.